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· 8/18/2009

Fowler v. UPMC SHADYSIDE

Citations

  • 578 F.3d 203
  • 22 Am. Disabilities Cas. (BNA) 353
  • 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 18626
  • 2009 WL 2501662

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion “in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule”
  • holding that a court reviewing a complaint on a Rule 12(b)(6) motion need not accept a “legal conclusion couched as a factual allegation.”
  • holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion “in denying a motion for a class action determination which was untimely under the local rule”
  • holding that surviving a motion to dismiss requires a plaintiff to set forth enough factual allegations to show that the plaintiff has a “plausible claim for relief”
  • holding that plaintiff satisfied this pleading burden when she alleged an impairment, that defendant knew of impairment, and the impairment limited her ability to perform sedentary work
  • holding that is the rule even after the Twombly and Iqbal plausibility standard

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Judges: Fuentes, Jordan, Nygaard

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